Alan Sumner

Australian · 1911–1994 · Painter

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16auction results2015–2023years recorded94%sold (15)$744Sign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Alan Sumner, The 8 Hours Monument, Russell Street (circa 1947), 1947, oil on composition boardThe 8 Hours Monument, Russell Street (circa 1947)Smith & Singer · A$21,960≈ $16,440≈ £12,196≈ €13,951Sign up to see
  2. Alan Sumner, Puffing Billy oil on board, oilPuffing Billy oil on boardLeonard Joel · A$12,000≈ $9,492≈ £6,366≈ €8,669Sign up to see
  3. Alan Sumner, River Anchorage, c.1948, colour screenprint, ed.36/38River AnchorageLeonard Joel · A$2,000≈ $1,419≈ £934≈ €1,324Sign up to see

Alan Sumner’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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Average price
median $744free account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
15
of 16 offered · 2015–2023
Sell-through
94%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$100$1k$10k201620172018201920202021202220232015-03-24 · $9,4922015-11-16 · $1,4192016-08-11 · $2622016-10-27 · $3662016-11-29 · $7442018-05-16 · $16,4402020-11-18 · $8052021-03-31 · $7612021-07-28 · $1,0282022-04-06 · $4542022-04-06 · $4542022-04-06 · $5302022-04-06 · $4542022-04-06 · $9842023-10-08 · $191
Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

By medium

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
202311$191Sign up
202255$454Sign up
202122$894Sign up
202011$805Sign up
201811$16.4kSign up
201710—Sign up
201633$366Sign up
201522$5.5kSign up

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